419: When Past and Present Collide - 2022 Debut Roundtable

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Stacy Willingham, Carolyne Topdjian, Allison Buccola, and Wanda M. Morris. We’ll be talking about the debut writer experience and their books.</span></p> <p><strong>Stacy Willingham</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark. Before turning to fiction, she was a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies. She earned her BA in magazine journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her novel is currently being translated into over two dozen languages. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Britt, and Labradoodle, Mako, where she is always working on her next book.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can find her on her</span> <a href="http://www.stacywillingham.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">website</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">or follow her on</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/StacyWillinghamAuthor"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Facebook</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/svwillingham"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/stacyvwillingham/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>Carolyne Topdjian</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is the author of The Hitman’s Daughter (Agora/Polis Books), a gothic mystery which Library Journal lauds as a “fast-paced, haunting novel of survival." In addition to writing suspense novels, Carolyne has published short fiction in PRISM International, Dreamers Magazine, and Firewords Quarterly. She is a professor in the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts at Humber College in Toronto. Currently, she lives in a 114-year-old haunted house.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You